Fans of comedic shooters have been well served in recent years. The rabid online communities for Team Fortress 2 and the more recent Monday Night Combat suggest a growing interest in games that combine playful cartoon graphics with… err… savage acts of violence. You know, it’s probably best not to examine these things too closely. Instead, let us turn our attention to the announcement of Bloody Good Time, a multiplayer focused first person shooter from Ubisoft and Scottish developer Outerlight.

Bloody Good Time pits a cast of would-be Hollywood stars against one another in a frantic battle for survival. If you’ve been waiting for the chance to shoot a “bikini beach babe” then this could well be the game for you. Also, you should definitely see someone about that. On a brighter note, you’ll have ample opportunity to gun down circus clowns, which most will agree is a public service. Did I mention that the game features mobile explosives disguised as rats? Well, it does.

Bloody Good Time is actually a sequel of sorts to Outerlight’s The Ship, which began life as a Half-Life mod before achieving a commercial release in 2006. The new game is scheduled for release on Xbox Live Arcade and Steam in spring 2010.

I’ve been guilty of prejudging games in the past, so I’m definitely not going to say that this looks cheap, profoundly unfunny and filled with misogynistic stereotypes.